Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) is a state-based national non-profit organization dedicated to preventing dropouts among young people who have serious barriers to graduation and/or employment. In more than three decades of operation, JAG has delivered consistent, compelling results – helping over one million young people stay in school through graduation, pursue postsecondary education and secure quality entry-level jobs leading to career advancement opportunities.

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Student representatives from the twenty-three (23) JAG programs across Nevada learned about state politics and careers by shadowing legislators on Monday, April 13, touring the state capitol and having a roundtable lunch with members of the Nevada Supreme Court.

Kei'Chelle Jordan is a senior at Calumet New Tech High School, is in the top 10 percent of her class, and was nominated for Outstanding Senior at the State Jobs for America's Graduates (JAG) Career Development Conference, where she received honorable mention. The Northwest Indiana Workforce Board (NWIWB) invited Kei'Chelle to attend their March 2015 meeting and share her experience with attending the State JAG conference and update them on her plans after graduation.

JAG-Mississippi Students Timmy Kimber and Desiree Coleman and Executive Director Ramona Williams were interviewed on the Gallo Show on Super Talk Mississippi by Paul Gallo on Tuesday, March 24, 2015. Paul asked Ms. Williams to tell everyone what was happening on Thursday, March 26, at the Jackson Convention Complex.

Nicole Padilla pads across the campus of Thomas College wearing boots, leggings, and a thick, dark sweatshirt bearing the school's name. It's clear as she heads inside the Harold Alfond Academic Center and sidles up to a small coffee bar to order her first shot of caffeine for the day, that Nicole is at home here. Thomas is a small, friendly business and liberal arts college in Waterville, Maine, a town that sits thirty minutes north of Augusta, the state's capital.

Most high school students can count grades and parents as the top stressors in their lives but many JAG students face adversity that goes well beyond the “normal” stress of life as a teenager and then there a few JAG students that face serious health issues in addition to their struggle with academics.

WICHITA, Kan.– Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) students at Hutchinson Middle School - 8 raised $2,016 to support blood cancer research through giving up their personal time and resources to support The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) Pasta for Pennies program.

Wagner Community School’s Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) students Jordan Drews, Ashton Zephier and Ebony Tiger, along with Superintendent Linda Foos and JAG Specialist Renee Van Der Werff, traveled to Pierre on Friday, February 6, to testify to the House Appropriations Committee in support of HB-1191, a bill to expand the JAG statewide program in South Dakota.

Each student talked about why they believed the JAG Program has been important to them personally, as well as why expanding JAG would benefit the State of South Dakota.

JACKSON, Miss— Governor Phil Bryant sat in with Jobs for Mississippi Graduates students at Lanier High School in Jackson Tuesday.

Students were speaking about their life goals, career dreams, and the reasons why people had to work. Some students said bills, some said to make money for hobbies, one said he wants to work for self-fulfillment.

Governor Bryant relayed his story the students. Bryant was born to a blue collar family. He was the first to graduate high school or college.

Career Opportunities for JAG Graduates

ADM is a company where you can make a difference in yourself, your future and the world. ADM guarantees an interview to any JAG graduate who applies for a job. This is not a guarantee of an offer, but all JAG graduates will be granted an interview. Visit adm.com/careers today to search for job opportunities. And, to check on the status of your application, email JAG@adm.com.

The JAG National Network will make a measurable difference in the outcomes of public education and workforce development systems at the national, state and local level. We will strive to increase opportunity and reduce poverty and unemployment by fostering A Nation Without Dropouts.

JAG is committed to...

...helping resolve our country's dropout and transition problems by expanding state organizations and local programs that help young people overcome barriers to graduation from high school and become college and career ready!